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How many people did the Aztecs sacrifice every year?

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Many reputable scholars today put the number between 20,000 and 250,000 per year for the whole Aztec Empire. All Aztecs cities contained temples dedicated to their gods and all of them saw human sacrifices. read more

See Human sacrifice in Aztec culture on Wikipedia. Estimates go from 300 - 600 people per year, but some put figures as high as 20 times that. This is because sacrifices were made at every festivity and there were at least 18 such festivities each year according to Spanish and French priests. read more

The Spanish records relate mostly to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, where sacrifices took place 18 times every year, with around 60 victims each time. A human sacrifice was dedicated to one of the gods, so the form of sacrifice varied accordingly. read more

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